Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Blank Page

There is nothing like looking at an empty page and waiting for inspiration to attack. Only it doesn't. So you wait a little longer and the blank page gets a little bit blanker, seemingly glowing whiter and whiter.

Cup of tea. Episode of Friends. Chuckling.

*whistles a jaunty tune*

It's funny how much time actually speeds by when you are thinking about what to do and realising that you've made it to the end of the day without actually getting much done at all. Especially when on busy days you can count up all the things that you didn't get round to doing when you had all that spare time.

The Internet is not always a brilliantly helpful tool. It lures you into browsing, surfing what other people are up to, connecting those who are creatively masterful with those who dream of being so creative. There are so many people out there, sparking up their synapses, being awesome that it can be rather daunting to try and express your own inspirational thoughts or indeed lack of them. People are so clever.

One day I'll find some clever beans and grow my own inspirational tree of wonderful awesomeness.

GoodReads

Despite being the classic guide to writing non fiction, this book is excellent for any and all aspiring writers. Zinsser deals with style, pace, finding your voice and remembering your audience. He warns us away from cliches and encourag...

It's more of a 3.5 than a 3 to be fair. I liked the continuation of Leiter, I enjoyed the descriptions of Harlem and Mr Big and his voodoo - I have not seen the film. The danger and the tricks and the flesh eating fish are all great touc...

At first I felt too old to be reading this book, it felt very definitely young however as my imagination started to build the clankers and Darwinians I managed to get past it. A slow start but once I was able to sit for a spell and reall...